DAST

Pausing and resuming scans

• Last updated: October 30, 2025

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You can pause one or more of your scans that are currently running or queued. You may want to do this to avoid scanning your sites at busy times, for example.

When you pause a running scan, Burp Suite DAST creates a project file on the DAST server to enable it to resume from the same point.

To pause scans:

1. Go to the Scans page and select the scans you want to pause.
2. From the menu at the bottom of the window, click Pause.
3. In the dialog box, click Confirm.

To resume scans:

1. Go to the Scans page and select the scans you want to resume.
2. From the menu at the bottom of the window, click Resume.
3. In the dialog box, click Confirm.